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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]

I still pronounce it as "n-jinx" in my head.

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Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
- §"nginx". ¶1.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I always pronounced it engine-x (fluent as one word) but never thought of it meaning engine lol

n gin x -> en gin ex -> "enginex" spoken, nginx thought

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

As always, first impressions count. There is no way I'm starting to call it engine x now, except for fun.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hnn-geenks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Saying nginx with a "hard g" can get you into some real trouble...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's, ummm, literally the first thing on the website (nginx.org). Tell me you didn't read the docs without telling me you didn't read the docs

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

btrfs -> butterface

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Thank you, i will call it that from now on

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what the English pronunciation of "n-jinx" sounds like but I'm pronouncing it "engines" as in plural of engine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Um das mal phonetisch zu schreiben: Es würd sich ungefähr wie "en dschinks" auf Deutsch anhören.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

en-dschiniks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

"n-jinx" wäre "en dschinks"
"engine x" wäre "endschin iks"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I just kind of knew that, but not sure how.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (4 children)

And GIF is pronounced GIF

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (6 children)

PNG is pronounced "PING!"

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

careful there buddy

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My workplace calls it "n-jinx", we know its nonstandard but its still what is understood by the team.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Not En Jinnicks?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

"nnnnn-ghinks"

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